Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime [ More … ]
Donald Trump has been defending his decision to withdraw all US troops from Syria, and end an air campaign against ISIS. After historic victories against ISIS, it’s time to bring our great young people home! pic.twitter.com/xoNjFzQFTp [ More … ]
US senators backed measure accusing MBS of ordering Khashoggi’s murder, urged the end to support for Saudi-led Yemen war. Saudi Arabia has denounced as “blatant interference” a resolution by the US Senate accusing the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin [ More … ]
2 Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank shooting Two Israeli were killed and two other wounded in a drive-by shooting near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, according to the Israeli military. In a statement, [ More … ]
Turkish defense minister says country repeatedly conveyed discomfort to US on planned observation points in northern Syria Turkey has repeatedly conveyed its “discomfort” to the U.S. officials over their country’s planned observation points in northern [ More … ]
Democratic control of US Congress has Israel worried over future of Washington’s Mideast policy, newspaper says The Democratic Party’s capture of the U.S. House of Representatives has raised concern in Israel over the potential impact [ More … ]
Western countries supported the military coup in Egypt and chose not to intervene in Syria. Are they about to fail another test of humanity? Western diplomacy is facing a new challenge from the Middle East. [ More … ]
As the conditional and temporary U.S. support for the YPG/PKK terror group in Syria has turned out to be permanent against Iran and Russia, Washington is moving into a strategic dead end in Syria. The [ More … ]
Mohammed Bin Salman says it’s normal for friends to disagree after Trump criticised Saudi Arabia at a rally in the US. Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has praised the kingdom’s relationship with the current US administration just [ More … ]
Money earmarked for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza will instead be redirected to programs within Israel’s borders. The US has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmes supporting conflict resolution with Israelis, adding [ More … ]
Turkish president announces negotiations with Russia are ongoing to sideline ‘damaging’ US dollar in global trade. Turkey will pursue non-dollar transactions in trade and investment with other countries, its president said on Sunday, adding recent [ More … ]
In international relations, a nation having enough power for a move does not mean that it can exercise that power as it wishes. Applying force will mobilize another power against it and in this case, [ More … ]
The US has condemned a decision by Turkey to increase tariffs on American cars, alcohol and tobacco imports, calling the move, step in the wrong direction. Turkey took the action in response to what it [ More … ]
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly spoken of this possibility, subject to study, calculations, says Kremlin spokesman Russia is aiming towards using national currencies in trade with Turkey, instead of dollars or euros, said a Kremlin spokesman [ More … ]
The Saudi -led coalition has been criticised repeatedly for targeting civilian areas in their attacks in Yemen, but the images of children covered in blood still appear to have shocked the world. The Saudi -led [ More … ]
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